NorthPoint Development is offering $10,000 checks to households near its proposed 1,300-acre data center site in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, on top of up to $120 million pledged over 15 years for local services. The Wall Street Journal reports most residents interviewed remain opposed, citing worries about property values, noise, and distrust of both the developer and local officials. Hazle Township's government previously rejected the project on zoning grounds and has imposed a temporary moratorium on data center construction.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-28
NorthPoint Development is proposing a 1,300-acre data center near Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, and has offered $10,000 checks to roughly 4,500 households to build local support, according to the Wall Street Journal. Residents interviewed by the WSJ were largely unenthusiastic, citing worries about noise, water and energy costs, property values, and distrust of both AI companies and local officials.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-28
Developer NorthPoint Development sent letters to every household in Hazle, Pennsylvania offering a $10,000 grant if residents approve the first of up to 15 planned data center buildings on a 1,300-acre site. The company says the payout could total $45 million for roughly 4,500 households, plus $120 million in community support over 15 years, but many residents have rejected the offer.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-28
State Sen. John Kane has introduced the Protect Our Games Act in Pennsylvania, which would require video game publishers to give 60 days' notice before cutting off access to a title. Companies would then have to offer offline play, a server-independent patch, or a refund based on the game's highest price over the past year, capped at no less than 25% of its original cost.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-28
Officials in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania have proposed giving every household $10,000 if a planned data center project moves forward. Despite the cash incentive, many residents in the rural town are opposing the facility's construction.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-27
Pennsylvania's health department confirmed a fourth measles-related death, an unvaccinated 18-year-old from Mifflin County whose death was linked to acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a rare neurological complication of the disease. Officials also confirmed a coroner's report of an unvaccinated 40-year-old woman's death in Jefferson County, adding to two earlier infant deaths in Lancaster County. The state has now recorded 693 measles cases across 38 counties this year, with 133 hospitalizations.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-15
Pennsylvania health officials have reported a third death associated with the state's ongoing measles outbreak this year. Despite the mounting toll, the CDC has not yet officially confirmed any measles-related fatalities in its national tally.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-14
Jefferson County's coroner reported that a 40-year-old unvaccinated woman died from respiratory failure linked to suspected measles after known exposure to an infected person. She had underlying conditions, including COPD, and relied on supplemental oxygen, which likely worsened her vulnerability to the virus. Her death is the third measles-related fatality in the US this year, all occurring in Pennsylvania.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-13
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania used AI to analyze over 400,000 Reddit posts from nearly 70,000 users discussing GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound. The analysis, published in Nature Health, surfaced patient-reported symptoms—particularly menstrual changes and temperature issues like chills and hot flashes—that appear underrepresented in clinical trials and regulatory data. The team stresses this doesn't prove the drugs cause these effects, but flags them as signals worth further study.
sciencedaily.com
· 2026-09-13
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday filed a civil lawsuit against TikTok in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on August 11, 2026. The suit alleges the platform's design features are addictive and that TikTok has violated state consumer protection laws in ways that harm young users.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-11
The CDC has declined to include two child deaths from measles reported by Pennsylvania's health department in its official outbreak tally, departing from its usual practice of accepting state-reported data. The move follows a public dispute between HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, after Shapiro blamed vaccine misinformation for the deaths and Kennedy accused him of fabricating the incident. Both children, from Lancaster County, were unvaccinated and tested positive for measles, according to state officials.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-05
US measles cases have hit a 35-year high, with nearly 3,000 confirmed infections in 2026 and the first two deaths of the year reported in Pennsylvania as schools reopen. Advocacy groups say families of immunocompromised children, who can't be vaccinated or don't respond well to vaccines, are now weighing whether sending kids to school is safe as local vaccination rates fall below the 95 percent threshold needed to prevent outbreaks.
wired.com
· 2026-09-04
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